Storage Preferences

Space Calculation

Space Calculation options

Choose to display all available frames in the message bar, all available and purgeable frames in the message bar, or to purge frames before making a space calculation.

Volume Statistics button

Lists the number of frames, proxies, and audio sources stored in the clip libraries, and main work area of each project.

Video Framestore Estimate button

Displays the estimated amount of space left on the video framestore.

Framestore

Test Disks button

Displays the number of frames read per second; the number of seconds required to read a single frame; and the amount of data, in megabytes, read per second.

Resolution button

Use the project Full Resolution or Proxy resolution as the resolution for the tests.

Operation button

Select between a read or write test.

Number of Test Disks Passes field

How many times the media is read in a read test. For write tests, this number is multiplied by the Test Disks Frames.

Test Disks Frames field

Select the number of frames per pass to test with. Used as-is for read tests, but it is multiplied by the Number of Test Disks Passes for write tests.

Test Mode button

Specify the order in which the frames are read or written.

• Sequential: Each pass reads or writes frames from first to last.
• Random: Each pass reads or writes frames in a different and randomized order.
• Butterfly: Alternates between frames from head and tail, getting closer to the median frame at each pass. For example, given a 10 frame read pass, frames are read in this order: 1, 10, 2, 9, 3, 8, 4, 7, 5, 6.

Local Gateway

Restart button

Restarts the local Wiretap Gateway service, which must be running for you to import and export media. Use this button when troubleshooting failing import or export processes.

Temporary Libraries

Clear All button

Click to delete temporary libraries from the current project. Do not use if background operations are running. Use the Background Tasks monitor to ensure all tasks are done before using.

Temporary libraries are used by background tasks, and are usually automatically deleted. But it can happen that they are not deleted correctly, build up over time and tax your storage. Clearing these libraries recovers that lost space. This is a safe operation unless background operations are running: wait for them to complete before clearing the temporary libraries.

Media Location Path Translation

Path Translation Table

The Path Translation Table is used to create and manage custom path translation rules.

Browse Source button

Click to use the file bowser to browse to a source location, for use in a path translation rule.

Browse Destination button

Click to use the file bowser to browse to a destination location, for use in a path translation rule.